Carline for car-roofs.



J. A. COSTELLO.

GARLINE FOR CAR ROOFS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1914.

Patented 0013.20, 1914.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH A. COSTELLO, 0F GLE VELAND, OHIO, ASSIG-N'Olt T0 CLEVELAND'CAR SPECIALTY COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

CARLINE FOB. CAR-ROOFS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH A. Cosrnnno, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carlines for Car-Roofs; and I hereby declare the following to be a. full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in carlines employed in the construction of railway cars.

One object of this invention is to provide an improved form of pressed steel carline for the roof-frame of a railway car.

Another object is to have my improved carline so formed and applied relative to the side plates of a car-roof-frame embodying said carline that the carline is able to carry any abnormal load accidentally or inadvertently placed thereon.

With these objects in view, this .invention consists in certain peculiarities of construction, and combinations and relative arrangement of parts, hereinafter described, ointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In said drawings, Figure l is a transverse vertical section of a portion of a car-roofframe embodying my invention and illustrates the application of my improved form of pressed steel carline. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionon line 2-2, Fig. 1, looking outwardly. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section or line 3-3, Fig. 1, looking downwardly. Fig. 4 is atop plan of an end-portion of said carline.

Portions are broken away in the drawings to reduce their size.

Referrin to Fig. 1 of said drawings, A and A in ica-te the two laterally spaced wooden side plates of a car-roof-frame. -My improved carline, which forms a component member of said frame, comprises abody B which is U-shaped in cross-section and shown extending in Fig. 1 between the side plates A. The body B has the sides thereof extending endwise of the carline be 0nd the ends of the bottom member I) o the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

Application filed July 9, 1914. Serial No. 849,918.

body. The body B is provided at its top and externally with a continuous flange 7 extendmg along the sides and ends of the body so as to surround the body, which flange is seated at the ends of said body on theside plates A and has downwardly pro ectmg members 8 overlapping the outer sides of said side plates. The flanges 8 are secured to the side plates A by suitably applied bolts 10, nuts 12 and washers 13.

Those portions of the sides of the body B whichextend endwise of the carline beyond the ends of the bottom member 6 of said body slope at their bottom upwardly toward the adjacent end ofthe carline and are seated on the inner top portions of the side plates A which are recessed or cut away, as at d, to receive said portions of the sides of the body. Preferably said portions of the sides of the body B areprovided with inwardly projecting flanges 15 which extend from the bottom member I) of the body of the carline upwardly and in the direction of the adjacent end of the, carline and form seat-members resting on the inner top portions of the side plates A.

The bottom member I) of the body B terminates at each end of said body in a downwardly projecting member 16 which over-780 laps the inner side of the adjacent ,side plate A and is arranged between the lower ends of the adjacent inwardly projecting flanges 15 of the sides of said body, and saidmember 16 is preferably formed by a portion struck downwardly between said flanges from the sides of said body. The relative arrangement of each member 16 and the adjacentfla-nges 15 is shown very clearly in Fig. 4 which illustrates an end-portion of the carline.

As shown in Fig. 1 the members 8 and 16 of each end-portion of the carline are secured by a suitably applied bolt 17 and nut 18 to the side plate interposed between side plates A and efiectually braces said side platesapart; that the carline possesses great strength at the ends of the body of the carline, and that a steel plate or sheet of suitable dimensions is readily pressed into the shape required to form said carline.

What I claim is 1; A carline for a car-roof-frame, which carline comprises a body which is U-shaped in cross-section and adapted to extend between the two laterally spaced side plates of said frame and has its sides extending endwise ofthe carline beyond the bottom member of the body, said carline being provided at the top of said body and externally with a continuous flange which surrounds the body and is adapted to be'seated on the aforesaid side plates and has downwardly projecting members adaptedto overlap the outer sides of said side plates, the aforesaid bottom member of said body terminating at the ends of the body in downwardly projecting members which are arranged to overlap the inner sides of said side plates, and those portions of the sides of the body which extend endwise of the carline beyond the ends of the aforesaid bottom member of the body sloping at their bottom upwardly toward the adjacent end of the carline and being adapted to be seated on the inner top portions ofthe side plates.

2. A carline for a car-roof-frame, which carline comprises a body which is U-shaped in cross-section and adapted to extend between the two laterally spaced side plates of said frame, said body having its sides extending endwise of the carline beyond the bottom member of the body and being flanged externally of its top, said carline having downwardly projecting members adapted to overlap the outer sides of said side plates, those portions of the sides of the body which extend endwise of the carline beyond the ends of the aforesaid bottom member of the body sloping at their bottom upwardly toward the adjacent end of the carline and being adapted to be seated on the inner top portions of the side plates, and the aforesaid bottom member of said body terminating at the ends of the body in downwardly projecting members which are arranged to overlap the inner sides of the side plates and formed by portions struck downwardly from the said ends of the body.

3. A carline for a car-roof-frame, which carline comprises a body which is U-shaped in cross-section and adapted to extend between the two laterally spaced side plates of said frame and hasrthe sides thereof extending endwise of the carline beyond the bottom member of the body, said carline being provided at the top and externally with a flange which extends along the sides and ends of the body and is adapted to be seated on and secured to the aforesaid side plates, the aforesaid bottom member of said body terminating at the ends of the body in downwardly projecting members which are arranged to.overlap the inner sides of the side plates and formed by portions struck downwardly from the said ends of the body, and those portions of the aforesaid sides of the body which extend endwise of the carline beyond the ends of the aforesaid bottom member of the body sloping at their bottom upwardly toward the adjacent end of the carline and being provided with inwardly projecting flanges which extend from said bottom member of the body upwardly and in the direction of the adjacent end of the carline and form seat-members adapted to rest on the inner top portions of the side plates.

4:. The combination, with the two laterally spaced wooden side plates of a carroof-frame, of a carline comprising a body which is U-shaped in cross-section and extends between the side plates, said body having its sides extending endwise of the carline beyond the ends of the bottom member of the body and being provided at the top and externally with a flange extend-.

ing along the sides and ends of the body, which flange is seated on the side plates and has downwardly projecting members overlapping the outer sides of the side plates, the aforesaid bottom member of said body terminating at the ends of the body in downwardly projecting members which overlap the inner sides of the side plates, and those portions of the aforesaid sides of the body which extend endwise of the carline beyond the ends of the aforesaid bottom member of the body sloping at their bottom upwardly toward the adjacent end of the carline and being seated on the inner top portions of the side plates.

5.-The combination, with the two laterally spaced wooden side plates of a carroof-frame, of a carline comprising a body which is u-shaped in cross-section and extends between said side plates, said body having its sides extending endwise of the carline beyond the ends of the bottom member of the body and being provided at the top and externally with a flange extending along the sides and ends of the body, which flange is seated on the side plates and has downwardly projecting members overlapping the outer sides of the side plates, those portions of the sides of the body which extend endwise of the carline beyond the ends of the aforesaid bottom member of the body being provided with inwardly projecting flanges which extend from the aforesaid bottom member of the body of the carline upwardly and in the direction of the adjacent end of the carline and form seatmembers resting on the inner top portions of the side plates, said bottom member of said body terminating at each end of the I ving specification, in the presence of two body in a downwardly projecting member witnesses. overlapping the inner side of the adjacent side plate and arranged between the lower 5 ends of the adjacent inwardly projecting Witnesses:

flanges of the sides of the body. B. C. BRowN,

In testimony whereof, I sign the forego- VIo'roR C. LYNCH.

JOSEPH A. COSTELLO. 

